2.5 Checking & Adjusting the Brakes
BRAKE SAFETY & FUNCTIONALITY CHECK
AFTER ASSEMBLY AND PRIOR TO EVERY RIDE, CHECK THAT THE BRAKE IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND SAFELY TO SLOW
THE WHEEL DOWN AND BRING IT TO A STOP BY PERFORMING THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
1. WALK WITH YOUR BIKE AND GENTLY PULL THE HANDBRAKE.
2. CHECK THAT THE REAR CALIPER CLOSES PROPERLY ON THE DISC AND SLOWS THE WHEEL ROTATION DOWN.
3. REPEAT, PULLING THE HANDBRAKE WITH MORE PRESSURE AND CHECKING THAT THE REAR WHEEL IS BROUGHT TO
A STO P.
ADJUSTING THE BRAKE CALIPER
YOU MAY NEED A 5MM ALLEN KEY.
BIKE BRAKES REQUIRE ALL ELEMENTS TO BE IN EXACT ALIGNMENT AND PLACEMENT IN ORDER TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.
A RUBBING OR SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM A BRAKE AREA EITHER CONSTANT OR INTERMITTENT IS A GOOD
INDICATOR THAT SOMETHING IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
THE CAUSE OF THE NOISE IS LIKELY A MISALIGNED CALIPER, CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS INSIDE OF THEM TO RUB AGAINST
THE DISC EVEN WHEN THE CALIPER IS OPEN. THE PADS SHOULD ONLY COME IN CONTACT WITH THE DISC WHEN THE
CALIPER IS CLOSED BECAUSE THE HANDBRAKE HAS BEEN PULLED.
1. ON THE BRAKE, LOCATE THE CALIPER, BRAKE PADS, AND DISC.
2. LIFT THAT WHEEL OF THE BIKE AND GIVE IT A SPIN. WATCH THE DISC REVOLVE BETWEEN THE BRAKE PADS, AND NOTICE
WHICH PAD IS RUBBING AGAINST THE DISC.
3. REST THE BIKE ON THE KICKSTAND. SEE PAGE 40.
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